puja

[ poo-jah ]

/ ˈpu dʒɑ /

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noun Hinduism.

the worship of a particular god.

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Origin of puja

From the Sanskrit word pūjā

Words nearby puja

puir, puirtith, puisne, puissance, puissant, puja, puka, pukatea, puke, pukeko, pukey

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How to use puja in a sentence

A quarter of an hour before the evening meal every Hindu, old or young, has to perform a "puja" before the gods.
From the Caves and Jungles of Hindostan|Helena Pretrovna Blavatsky
With the money which he had in hand he used to buy cheap tinsel wares from Calcutta before the Puja holidays.
Stories from Tagore|Rabindranath Tagore
The Saraswati Puja was performed with great éclat and the five rupees could easily have been spared.
Stories from Tagore|Rabindranath Tagore
My kinsman and myself were returning to Calcutta from our Puja trip when we met the man in a train.
The Hungry Stones And Other Stories|Rabindranath Tagore

The large hall of worship formed one side of the puja mahal; on the other three sides were two-storied houses.
The Poison Tree|Bankim Chandra Chatterjee

British Dictionary definitions for puja

puja

pooja

/ (ˈpuːdʒaː) /

noun

Hinduism a ritual in honour of the gods, performed either at home or in the mandir (temple)

Word Origin for puja

from Sanskrit: worship

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